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Saturday, 11 July 2015
Monday, 15 December 2014
Animals in Malaysia
Some of the Animals found in Malaysia
- Amida
- Asian forest tortoise
- Bengal monitor
- Blood python
- Cantor's giant softshell turtle
- Deinagkistrodon
- False gharial
- Green sea turtle
- Hawksbill turtle
- Elongated tortoise
- Leatherback Sea Turtle
- Ovophis monticola
- Reticulated Python
- Saltwater Crocodile
- Siamese Crocodile
- Triceratolepidophis
- Water monitor
Wednesday, 1 January 2014
Sunday, 25 August 2013
Animal Behavior
Why do praying mantises display a unique mating system, called sexual
cannibalism, where a member of a male-female pair kills and consumes the
other during courtship or copulation? At the end of every summer, why
do more than 100 million monarch butterflies sweep across North America
to overwinter further south in California and Mexico? Animal behavior is
the study of these and other questions about why animals behave the way
they do.
The study of animal behavior begins with understanding how an animal’s physiology and anatomy are integrated with its behavior. Both external and internal stimuli prompt behaviors — external information (e.g., threats from other animals, sounds, smells) or weather and internal information (e.g., hunger, fear). Understanding how genes and the environment come together to shape animal behavior is also an important underpinning of the field. Genes capture the evolutionary responses of prior populations to selection on behavior. Environmental flexibility gives animals the opportunity to adjust to changes during their own lifetime.
Scientists are drawn to the study of animal behavior for varied reasons and the field is extremely broad, ranging from research on feeding behavior and habitat selection to mating behavior and social organizations. Many scientists study animal behavior because it sheds light on human beings. Research on non-human primates, for instance, continues to offer valuable perspectives into the causes and evolution of individual, social, and reproductive human actions. Understanding why some animals help others at the potential cost of their own survival and reproduction, for example, not only gives us insight into their behavior but could also potentially help us to understand the underpinnings of our species' ideas of altruism and sacrifice.
The study of animal behavior begins with understanding how an animal’s physiology and anatomy are integrated with its behavior. Both external and internal stimuli prompt behaviors — external information (e.g., threats from other animals, sounds, smells) or weather and internal information (e.g., hunger, fear). Understanding how genes and the environment come together to shape animal behavior is also an important underpinning of the field. Genes capture the evolutionary responses of prior populations to selection on behavior. Environmental flexibility gives animals the opportunity to adjust to changes during their own lifetime.
Scientists are drawn to the study of animal behavior for varied reasons and the field is extremely broad, ranging from research on feeding behavior and habitat selection to mating behavior and social organizations. Many scientists study animal behavior because it sheds light on human beings. Research on non-human primates, for instance, continues to offer valuable perspectives into the causes and evolution of individual, social, and reproductive human actions. Understanding why some animals help others at the potential cost of their own survival and reproduction, for example, not only gives us insight into their behavior but could also potentially help us to understand the underpinnings of our species' ideas of altruism and sacrifice.
Friday, 28 June 2013
Saturday, 4 May 2013
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